In an unusual standoff, Trump's health department is refusing to meet with the House Ethics chair until he apologizes for claiming staff sexually abused migrant kids
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The children were placed in shelters that were overseen by HHS contractors, not agency staff — a point that Deutch acknowledged after a witness disputed him, but that Deutch said did not change the thrust of his claim. "I saw thousands of cases of sexual abuse, if not by HHS staff, then by the people that HHS staff oversees," Deutch countered, referencing data that HHS shared with his office. "I will make that clarification, it doesn't make what happened any less horrific."
"These allegations were all fully investigated and remedial action was taken as appropriate," Hayes wrote to Deutch on Thursday.
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